Bhutan’s National Assembly Speaker & Home Minister sentenced for official misconductnal

In
Bhutan, a district court sentenced National Assembly Speaker Jigme
Tshultim and Home Minister Minjur Dorji for official misconduct in the
Gyalpoizhing land allotment case.
According to Bhutan official media, BBS, the Speaker has been sentenced
to two and a half year and the Home Minister to a year in prison but
they can pay cash penalty in lieu of the sentence.
The Assembly Speaker Jigme Tshultim was found guilty of illegally
allotting plots to 23 individuals during his tenure as the district
chief and Chairman of the plot allotment committee in 2001-02. The
Mongar district court also sentenced the Home Minister Minjur Dorji for
official misconduct in allotting three plots during his tenure in
2005-06.
The verdict said the plots must be returned to the government. The
court ruled that both the Speaker and the Home Minister failed to abide
by His Majesty’s written order issued in 1987 and the allotment criteria
set by the Works and Human Settlement Ministry.